Choose an 80-count case of coffee bags if the breakfast station makes individual cups with a kettle: Taylors Out of Home lists Rich Italian as 80 individually wrapped bags. Choose whole beans if the hotel has suitable grinding and brewing equipment and can manage the breakfast workflow. A 1kg bag of beans is sold by weight, not as 80 individual portions; plan the quantity around the dose and number of drinks expected.
The useful starting point is how each cup will be made, rather than treating ‘80’ as a serving count for every coffee format.
An individually wrapped coffee bag gives staff or guests one bag to brew per cup, without grinding or dosing beans. Taylors Out of Home lists Rich Italian Coffee Bags in a 1 × 80 case; this is a count of bags, not a whole-bean format.
Whole beans suit a service with a compatible grinder or coffee machine and a routine for setting the recipe, replenishing beans and cleaning equipment. Estimate the beans needed from the programmed dose and expected drinks rather than assuming a 1kg pack makes 80 cups.
Whole beans are also an option where staff grind and brew coffee in batches. Union Coffee recommends its 1kg whole-bean House Roast for filter methods, including cafetière; it is not an individually portioned buffet format.
Settle the preparation method first. Then check whether ‘80’ means 80 wrapped portions or an estimate of the drinks needed at breakfast.
Choose when: Cups are made one at a time with a kettle. Taylors Out of Home lists a Rich Italian 1 × 80 case and says each bag brews in two minutes.
Trade-off: The bags contain roasted and ground coffee; they cannot be used as whole beans in a machine hopper.
Choose when: The hotel has a suitable grinder, bean-to-cup machine or espresso setup and can manage its recipe and cleaning routine.
Trade-off: Bean packs are sold by weight. The number of cups depends on the dose, drink size and preparation method, so pack weight does not establish an 80-cup yield.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Check whether cups will be brewed with a kettle or made with grinding and brewing equipment. For beans, match the preparation method to the machine or brewer. | I need guests or staff to make single cups without a coffee machine; individually wrapped coffee bags fit that setup. |
| Quantity | Check the number of bags in a case. For whole beans, use the planned coffee dose and expected breakfast drinks to work out how much to order. | If I need 80 countable portions, an 80-bag case makes that requirement clear. A 1kg bean pack needs a separate serving calculation. |
| Service routine | For a machine station, check who will set the recipe, refill beans and clean the equipment. For brewed coffee, check who will grind and prepare each batch. | Our breakfast team can prepare and maintain a machine service, or we need a simpler individual-cup station. |
| Allergen information | Keep current product information available and check milk, plant drinks, syrups and accompaniments separately from the coffee. | I need staff to be able to give accurate information about everything served at the coffee station, not just the coffee pack. |
Taylors Out of Home’s 1 × 80 format counts individually wrapped coffee bags. Whole-bean packs are specified by weight, so the same number cannot be carried across to them.
State whether the order needs 80 individual bags or beans for an expected number of drinks. For beans, check the machine’s dose before deciding on pack quantity.
Whole beans need grinding and a suitable brewing method. A bag of beans alone does not provide the individual-cup preparation offered by coffee bags.
Confirm the equipment and intended drinks before choosing beans, including whether the setup is for espresso, bean-to-cup, filter or cafetière coffee.
Pack descriptions can look similar while referring to different configurations. A smaller multipack should not be treated as a 1 × 80 hospitality case on the strength of the product name alone.
Check the stated bag count and case configuration on the product page before placing the order.
Milk, plant drinks, syrups and food served alongside coffee need their own product information. The details for the coffee alone do not describe those additions.
Keep current supplier information for each component and make sure breakfast staff can identify what is served.
These examples show how particular packs fit different service methods; a brand name alone does not establish the right format or serving count.
Taylors Out of Home lists Rich Italian Coffee Bags as a 1 × 80 case of individually wrapped, roasted-and-ground coffee bags.
Lavazza UK lists Gran Espresso as a 1kg pack of roasted coffee beans for espresso-machine preparation.
illy provides hotel planning guidance for its whole-bean formats: it describes 1.5kg as suitable for up to 80 servings per day and 3kg for more than 80 servings per day.
Union Coffee offers House Roast as 1kg whole beans and recommends it for filter brewing methods.
M&S lists House Blend Coffee Bags in a 75g pack containing roasted and ground Arabica coffee.
Waitrose & Partners lists Espresso Beans in a 1kg pack, with preparation guidance for espresso, filter and cafetière use.
These three 1kg whole-bean options are for a breakfast service with suitable grinding and brewing equipment. None is an 80-bag case; check the dose and expected number of drinks when planning quantities.
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A whole-bean option to consider if the breakfast service has suitable grinding and brewing equipment. Joybuy lists this 1000g pack as an Arabica-and-Robusta blend. It is not a case of 80 individual portions; calculate the quantity needed from the planned dose.
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A 1kg whole-bean option for a service that can grind and brew coffee. Match the beans to the hotel’s equipment and planned recipe; the pack weight does not specify 80 individual servings.
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Another 1kg whole-bean choice for a breakfast station with appropriate equipment. Confirm the machine setup and coffee dose before ordering for a target number of cups; this is not an 80-count coffee-bag case.
No. Taylors Out of Home’s Rich Italian 1 × 80 case contains individually wrapped bags of roasted and ground coffee. The bags brew in water; whole beans need grinding and an appropriate brewing method.
Do not treat 1kg as a fixed 80-cup yield: the number of drinks depends on the dose and recipe. For its own hotel range, illy describes a 1.5kg bean format as suitable for up to 80 servings per day, while Waitrose & Partners lists 66 servings for its 1kg Espresso Beans. Use the figures for the product concerned and check the hotel’s programmed dose.
Whole beans need a suitable grinder and brewing setup, or a compatible machine that grinds them. Lavazza specifies espresso-machine preparation for Gran Espresso; for filter or cafetière coffee, the beans need grinding for that brewing method.
Keep current ingredient and allergen information for each product served, including milk, plant drinks, syrups and accompaniments. GOV.UK’s guidance for UK retail and catering food businesses addresses allergen information for both prepacked and non-prepacked food and drink; the coffee pack’s details do not describe everything added to a cup.